It's a few days in for me. The watch is growing on me. Just like with the SLA017 though, I'm not the biggest fan of the metal keeper. They should have gone with a silicone double keeper. I know that the silicone keepers can get a little sticky, but I'd think it would match better. Seiko got lazy and didn't invest in another strap design. A recreation of the XGL strap would have been nice, but that would have cost too much :-o